LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034.
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION – history
SECOND SEMESTER – APRIL 2003
ht 2801 / h 816 – hUMAN RIGHTS
21.04.2003
1.00 – 4.00 Max : 100 Marks
PART – A (4´ 5=20 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following in not more than 100 words each.
- What are Human Rights?
- The Two Protocols to the Covenant on Political and Civil Rights.
- Preventive Detention.
- Convention on the Rights of the Children.
- Amnesty International-Urgent appeals.
- Migrant’s Convention.
PART – B (2´ 10=20 marks)
Answer any TWO of the following in 300 words each.
- Trace the growth of the human rights concept in the world history.
- Briefly write on the National Human Rights Commission.
- Bring out the salient features of the Convention on Women.
- Examine the work of the International Human Rights Commission.
PART – C (3´20=60 marks)
Answer any THREE of the following in 1200 words each.
- Why the UDHR is considered as the Magna Carta of Human Rights?
- Who are the Refugees and how they are protected by the 1951 Geneva Convention.
- Explain the Political and Civil Rights under the Indian Constitution.
- ‘Torture and Deaths in Custody continues in many parts of the country’ (2002 Amnesty International Report) Discuss.
- Critically examine the social, economic and cultural conditions of India and highlight the violation of rights in the cases of Dalits, Tribals and women.